2 N.C. democrats begin campaign for governor

While new poll results show that Gov. Pat McCrory’s approval rating continues to decline, many Democrats are already campaigning for the seat — even though the election isn’t for another three years.

Kenneth Spaulding, a former N.C. House Representative who represented Durham County, and James Protzman, a former Chapel Hill Town Council member, have both joined the race to put a Democrat back in the governor’s seat.

According to Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning polling firm, McCrory’s approval rating dropped from 39 percent to 35 percent in the last month.

Spaulding said he is running because he thought North Carolina was moving forward until recently.

“I have just seen in the last few years and particularly under the McCrory administration, it appears to me that North Carolina is taking a direction that is moving us backwards,” he said.

Spaulding said he is concerned with how the McCrory administration has handled the education system by not appropriating proper funding.